Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/25

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Subject: Re: [Leica] re: dilema
From: Dave Jenkins <djphoto@vol.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2001 09:05:45 -0500

Phil Marcus wrote:

"I wonder what Elliot Erwitt did when he was shooting? Seems like he
made a living as a commercial photographer and picked up a large library
of personal pictures in the cracks."
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That's pretty much what he did. He always scheduled time around his
assignments to do his own photography.

In the book "Elliot Erwitt: The Private Experience," published around
1974 as part of the Masters of Contemporary Photography series, his
working outfit is pictured: a Fiberbilt padded case with two or three
Canon F-1 bodies and every FD lens from 17mm to 300mm.

Another photo in the book shows him working with a 4x5, probably a
Linhof. However, his preferred commercial working system seems to have
been 35mm. For his personal pictures, he appears to have used a
III-series Leica until well into the M era, and stated that he liked the
collapsible lenses because they were pocketable.

His work has influenced me deeply and I personally consider him one of
the greatest photographers of the second half of the 20th century.

Dave Jenkins

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